Haydee:

I'd be interested in finding out the basis for your statement that
"campuses are know[n] for a high potential for violence." 

A quick google search indicated more university sites dealing with
violence prevention (on campus and in the community) than with violence on
campus. There may of course be a bias in the available online literature.

I'm wondering if in fact violence (including date rape) is _lower_ on
campus and among university students than among similarly sized
organizations and industry, and similarly aged non-student populations.
This is simply a hypothesis; I have no data to support this. However, I do
have a hunch that predisposition towards violence is negatively related to
level of education (without implying causality). 

I'd like to hear TIPSters' takes on this issue.

-Max Gwynn

On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, H. Gelpi wrote:

> Here is my two cents

> SNIP
> Disgruntled students have been known to be violent (just to mention one:
> University of Iowa, Nov. 1991 - a student, Gang Lu, killed two professors
> and a student, who received a prize and stipend that Lu felt he should have
> received, just after initiating a grievance on the issue), and campuses are
> know for a high potential for violence.  In addition, you may not know if
  SNIP
> 
> Haydee Gelpi
> Broward Community College
> Florida
> 

Maxwell Gwynn, PhD                              [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Department of Psychology                        (519) 884-0710 ext 3854
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario  N2L 3C5 Canada




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